2013–14 PBA season

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2013–14 PBA season
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2013–14 PBA season
DurationNovember 17, 2013 – July 9, 2014
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Local:
Sports5
TV5
AksyonTV
Cignal PPV (HD)
International:
Fox Sports Asia
AksyonTV International
Draft
Top draft pickGreg Slaughter
Picked byBarangay Ginebra
Conferences
Philippine Cup championsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
  Runners-upRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Commissioner's Cup championsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
  Runners-upTalk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Governors' Cup championsSan Mig Super Coffee Mixers
  Runners-upRain or Shine Elasto Painters
Awards
Season MVPJune Mar Fajardo
(San Miguel Beermen)
Top scorerPeter June Simon
(San Mig Coffee Mixers)
Seasons

The 2013–14 PBA season was the 39th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on November 17, 2013 and finished on July 9, 2014. The league continued to use the three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference. The Commissioner's Cup and the Governors' Cup is the second and third conferences for this season.

Due to the Philippines' hosting of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship last August, the third conference of the previous season, the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup was rescheduled to start on August 13. Subsequently, the annual draft and the opening of the new season, which is usually held every last week of August and first week of October respectively since 2004, was moved to November.

The first activity of the season was the 2013 PBA draft held on November 3.[1]

Board of governors[]

Executive committee[]

  • Angelico Salud (Commissioner)
  • Ramon Segismundo (Chairman, representing Meralco Bolts)
  • Patrick Gregorio (Vice-Chairman, representing Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters)
  • Robert Non (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen)

Teams[]

Team Company Governor Alternate Governor
Air21 Express Airfrieght 2100, Inc. Angelito Alvarez Jerry Jara
Alaska Aces Alaska Milk Corporation Richard Bachmann
Barako Bull Energy Energy Food and Drinks Inc. Manuel Alvarez
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Ginebra San Miguel, Inc. Bernie Marquez Alfrancis Chua
GlobalPort Batang Pier Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Michael Romero Nathaniel Romero / Erick Arejola
Meralco Bolts Manila Electric Company Ramon Segismundo Al Panlilio / Betty Siy-Yap
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Asian Coatings Philippines, Inc. Mamerto Mondragon Edison Orbania
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. Rene Pardo
San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Brewery, Inc. Roberto Huang Robert Non
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Smart Communications Manuel V. Pangilinan Victorino Vargas

Arenas[]

2013–14 PBA season is located in Metro Manila
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Mall of Asia Arena
Mall of Asia Arena
Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome
PhilSports Arena
PhilSports Arena
Metro Manila venues of the PBA.
2013–14 PBA season is located in Philippines
Metro Manila
Metro Manila
Cebu City
Cebu City
Davao City
Davao City
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro
Biñan
Biñan
Dipolog
Dipolog
Provincial venues of the PBA that hosted one game day (red), and two or more game days (blue).

Like several Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held at arenas within Metro Manila, and sometimes, Antipolo. Games outside this area are called "out-of-town" games, and are usually played on Saturdays. Provincial arenas usually host one game, rarely two; these arenas typically host only once per season, but could return occasionally.

Main arenas[]

Arena City
Cuneta Astrodome Pasay
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
PhilSports Arena Pasig

Out-of-town arenas[]

Arena City Date Match-up
Cebu Coliseum Cebu City November 17, 2013 Meralco vs. Talk 'N Text
University of Southeastern Philippines Gym Davao City Alaska vs. Rain or Shine
Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte December 14, 2013 Meralco vs. Petron
Alonte Sports Arena Biñan, Laguna March 29, 2014 Alaska vs. San Miguel
May 28, 2014 San Miguel vs. Barako Bull
Rain or Shine vs. Talk 'N Text
June 8, 2014 Barako Bull vs. GlobalPort
Rain or Shine vs. Barangay Ginebra
June 14, 2014 Meralco vs. GlobalPort
Air21 vs. San Miguel
Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Gym Cagayan de Oro June 7, 2014 San Miguel vs. Meralco

Pre-season events[]

Player movement[]

Key transactions:

Notable occurrences[]

Coaching changes[]

Opening ceremonies[]

The opening ceremonies for this season were held in three different locations, one each representing Luzon (Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City), Visayas (Cebu Coliseum), and Mindanao (USEP Gymnasium, Davao City), while the main ceremonies was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.[6]

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:[7]

Team Muse
Air21 Express Lauren Young
Alaska Aces Fila Guia Hidalgo
Barako Bull Energy Tereza Fajksova
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Marian Rivera
GlobalPort Batang Pier Maxene Magalona
Meralco Bolts Sophie Albert and Stephanie Rowe
Petron Blaze Boosters Gretchen Ho
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Koreen Medina
San Mig Coffee Mixers Isabel Oli
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Chanel Morales and Danielle Montano Lee

2013–14 Philippine Cup[]

Notable events[]

  • On January 13, 2014, San Miguel Corporation president Ramon S. Ang announced that the Petron Blaze Boosters will revert to its iconic name "San Miguel Beermen" starting in the 2014 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[8]
  • On January 29, 2014, GlobalPort owner Mikee Romero announced that interim coach Richie Ticzon will replaced by Pido Jarencio as head coach of GlobalPort Batang Pier starting next conference.[9]
  • The league's board of governors approved the proposal of shortening the finals series of the Commissioner's and Governors' Cups to a best-of-five to give time for the Philippine men's national basketball team time to prepare for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2014 Asian Games. The opening of the 2014-15 season will also be moved to October 19.[10]
  • On February 12, 2014, the seventh game of the 2013-14 PBA Philippine Cup Semifinals series between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and San Mig Super Coffee Mixers set the all-time basketball attendance record of 24,883,[11] which broke the previous record of 23,436 set on May 19, 2013 that featured Game Three of the PBA Commissioner's Cup Finals between the Alaska Aces and the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel.[12]
  • The Rain or Shine Elasto Painters staged a "partial walkout" during Game 6 of their Finals series against the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers at the 10:59 mark of the second quarter. Rain or Shine returned to the playing court before the 15-minute time limit given to teams who walks out of the playing court and eventually lost to San Mig Super Coffee.[13]
  • On February 25, 2014, Petron Blaze/San Miguel Beer board governor Ely Capacio died after suffering a stroke[14] The league paid tribute to him before the start of Game 5 of the Philippine Cup Finals. Also, the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers, which was coached by Capacio in 1991, had black patches in their jerseys as a sign of mourning.
  • San Mig Super Coffee coach Tim Cone became the winning-est coach in PBA history after his team clinched his 16th title. He surpassed the record of 15 championships set by Baby Dalupan before he retired as a coach in 1991.
  • The San Mig Super Coffee Mixers became the team with most All-Filipino/Philippine Cup championships after winning their sixth Philippine Cup, surpassing the Crispa Redmanizers with five All-Filipino titles.
  • PBA Commissioner Chito Salud penalized the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters with a P2 million for their "partial walkout" during the 2nd quarter (11:49) of their Finals in Game 6 series against the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers.[15]
  • Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao accumulated a record total of P426,400 worth of fines due to a league rule that penalizes a coach, player or official that receives more than nine technical fouls in a conference after incurring 13 technicals during the tournament (P50,000 each technical foul), and the P100,000 fine sanctioned to him after flashing the finger at league officials during the semifinals.[16]

Elimination round[]

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 11 3 .786[a] Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 11 3 .786[a]
3 Petron Blaze Boosters 10 4 .714 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 8 6 .571 3
5 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 7 7 .500 4
6 Barako Bull Energy 5 9 .357[b] 6
7 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 9 .357[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Alaska Aces 5 9 .357[b] 6
9 Meralco Bolts 5 9 .357[b] 6
10 Air21 Express 3 11 .214 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco

Playoffs[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)
    Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Barangay Ginebra 97  108  
  8 Alaska 104  95  
            1 Barangay Ginebra 3    
    (Best-of-3)       5 San Mig Coffee 4  
  4 Talk 'N Text 1  
  5 San Mig Coffee 2    
    5 San Mig Coffee 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2 Rain or Shine 2
  2 Rain or Shine 106    
  7 GlobalPort 96    
            2 Rain or Shine 4
    (Best-of-3)     3 Petron Blaze 1    
  3 Petron Blaze 2  
  6 Barako Bull 0    

Finals[]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2–4 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 83–80 70–80 76–77 90–93 81–74 87–93
  • Finals MVP: Mark Barroca (San Mig Super Coffee Mixers)
  • Best Player of the Conference: June Mar Fajardo (Petron Blaze Boosters)

2014 Commissioner's Cup[]

Notable events[]

  • Ever Bilena Incorporated owner Dioceldo Sy submitted a letter of intent for the application of his PBA D-League team, Black Water Sports in joining as an expansion team for the 2014-15 season. This was after Ever Bilena was given clearance of its financial capability to put up a PBA team.[17][18]
  • Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC), the distributor of Kia cars in the Philippines submitted its letter of intent to join the PBA starting in the next 2014-15 season.[18][19]
  • Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, owners of the NLEX Road Warriors team in the PBA D-League has submitted its letter of intent to join the PBA as an expansion team.[20]
  • After the regular meeting of the PBA Board of Governors last March 6, PBA commissioner Chito Salud announced that he will review the submitted requirements of the three companies that applied for an expansion team to determine their financial and operating capability in having a PBA team. He will send his recommendations by April to the board of governors.[21][22]
  • The league's Board of Governors unanimously approved the application of Blackwater, Kia, and NLEX as expansion teams for the 2014–15 PBA season during their meeting on April 10. As a concession with Kia, who does not have a basketball team in the PBA D-League, the Board of Governors did not allow Blackwater and NLEX to sign up their players from their D-League teams. Instead, the expansion teams will build their teams through an expansion draft with the 10 existing teams will protect 14 players in their roster, the free agency and the rookie draft, in which the expansion teams will be given the 11th, 12th and 13th pick in the first round of the 2014 PBA draft.[23][24]
  • Additional concessions were given to the three expansion teams at the conclusion of the special meeting by the league's Board of Governors. These include the revision of the expansion draft in which the 10 existing teams will protect 12 players from the previous 14, and the first three picks of the second round of the 2014 PBA draft. Only the three expansion teams will be allowed to pick players after the third round of the rookie draft.[25]
  • Rain or Shine Elasto Painters coach Yeng Guiao was slapped with a P100,000 fine after an altercation with Meralco Bolts player Cliff Hodge and calling him "mongoloid" (a derogatory word used in the Philippines for persons who has Down syndrome) after the second game of their best-of-three quarterfinals game.[26] Meanwhile, Hodge's flagrant foul on Raymond Almazan on the same game was upgraded to flagrant foul penalty two and was fined with P20,000[27]
  • Air21 Express made their first semifinals appearance in franchise history, after beating second-seeded San Miguel Beermen with the knockout game ending in two overtimes.[28][29]
  • Sports5 head Chot Reyes announced via Twitter that the PBA games will now be aired in high definition for Cignal Digital TV subscribers starting with the 2014 Commissioner's Cup Finals.[30]

Elimination round[]

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 9 0 1.000 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 7 2 .778 2
3 Alaska Aces 6 3 .667 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 4 .556[a] 4
5 Meralco Bolts 5 4 .556[a] 4
6 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 4 5 .444 5
7 Air21 Express 3 6 .333[b] 6 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 3 6 .333[b] 6
9 Barako Bull Energy 2 7 .222 7
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 Meralco
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Air21 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

Playoffs[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)
    Finals
(Best-of-5)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Talk 'N Text 97    
  8 Barangay Ginebra 84    
            1 Talk 'N Text 3    
    (Best-of-3)       4 Rain or Shine 0  
  4 Rain or Shine 2  
  5 Meralco 1    
    1 Talk 'N Text 1
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     6 San Mig Coffee 3
  2 San Miguel 79 95  
  7 Air21 92 101**  
            7 Air21 2
    (Best-of-3)     6 San Mig Coffee 3    
  3 Alaska 1  
  6 San Mig Coffee 2    

**double overtime

Finals[]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 1–3 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 80–95 86–76 75–77 91–100

2014 Governors' Cup[]

Notable events[]

Elimination round[]

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 7 2 .778 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 3 .667 1
3 Alaska Aces 5 4 .556[a] 2
4 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 5 4 .556[a] 2
5 San Miguel Beermen 5 4 .556[a] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 4 .556[a] 2
7 Air21 Express 5 4 .556[a] 2
8 Barako Bull Energy 3 6 .333[b] 4
9 Meralco Bolts 3 6 .333[b] 4
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 8 .111 6
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.08, San Mig 1.02, San Miguel 0.99, Barangay Ginebra 0.97, Air21 0.94
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 95–94 Meralco


Playoffs[]

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)
    Finals
(Best-of-5)
    (#1 twice to beat)                        
  1 Talk 'N Text 99    
  8 Barako Bull 84    
            1 Talk 'N Text 2    
    (#4 twice to beat)       4 San Mig Coffee 3  
  4 San Mig Coffee 97  
  5 San Miguel 90    
    4 San Mig Coffee 3
    (#2 twice to beat)     2 Rain or Shine 2
  2 Rain or Shine 111    
  7 Air21 90    
            2 Rain or Shine 3
    (#3 twice to beat)     3 Alaska 2    
  3 Alaska 92  
  6 Barangay Ginebra 81    


Finals[]

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2–3 San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 101–104 89–87 (OT) 69–78 88–79 89–92

Individual awards[]

Leo Awards[]

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps[]

Cumulative standings[]

Champion
Second place
Semifinalist
Quarterfinalist
Elimination round
Team GP W L PCT Best finish
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 49 33 16 .673 Runner-up
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 61 37 24 .607 Runner-up
San Miguel Beermen/Petron Blaze Boosters 42 25 17 .595 Semifinalist
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 71 41 30 .577 Champions
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 43 23 20 .535 Semifinalist
Alaska Aces 44 22 22 .500 Semifinalist
Meralco Bolts 36 14 22 .389 Quarterfinalist
Air21 Express 40 15 25 .375 Semifinalist
Barako Bull Energy 35 10 25 .286 Quarterfinalist
GlobalPort Batang Pier 33 7 26 .212 Quarterfinalist

Elimination rounds[]

Team GP W L PCT
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 32 24 8 .750
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 32 22 10 .688
San Miguel Beermen/Petron Blaze Boosters 32 22 10 .688
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 32 19 13 .594
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 32 16 16 .500
Alaska Aces 32 16 16 .500
Meralco Bolts 32 13 19 .406
Air21 Express 32 11 21 .344
Barako Bull Energy 32 10 22 .313
GlobalPort Batang Pier 32 7 25 .219

Playoffs[]

Team GP W L PCT
San Mig Super Coffee Mixers 39 25 14 .641
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 17 9 8 .529
Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 29 15 14 .517
Air21 Express 8 4 4 .500
Alaska Aces 12 6 6 .500
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 11 4 7 .364
San Miguel Beermen/Petron Blaze Boosters 10 3 7 .300
Meralco Bolts 4 1 3 .250
GlobalPort Batang Pier 1 0 1 .000
Barako Bull Energy 3 0 3 .000

References[]

  1. ^ PBA lowers age limit for draft hopefuls to 21, Spin.PH, July 15, 2013
  2. ^ Benjie Paras, Ronnie Magsanoc lead new members of PBA Hall of Fame Archived 2013-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, July 9, 2013
  3. ^ PBA D-LEAGUE ROOKIE DRAFT SET, PBA.ph, August 24, 2013
  4. ^ PBA board, Reyes to tackle Gilas Pilipinas’ World Cup stint, Nelson Beltran, The Philippine Star, August 22, 2013
  5. ^ Velvet Touch: Richie Ticzon named GlobalPort interim coach replacing Junel Baculi Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, Paul Mata, Sports5, November 9, 2012
  6. ^ Ginebra-San Mig duel to highlight unique three-game bill on PBA opening day, Snow Badua, Spin.ph, October 30, 2013
  7. ^ Marian Rivera is Ginebra muse, Gretchen Ho for Petron in simple PBA opening rites, Snow Badua, SPIN.ph, November 15, 2013
  8. ^ Petron to go back to being San Miguel Beermen for Commissioner’s Cup, InterAksyon.com, January 13, 2014
  9. ^ Terrado, Reuben. "True to character, Pido Jarencio keeps mood light as he bids UST Tigers farewell". SPIN.ph. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  10. ^ PBA shortens season schedule to accommodate Gilas Pilipinas in World Cup, Asian Games Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, InterAksyon.com, January 30, 2014
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  12. ^ "Alaska-Ginebra Game Three sets new all-time Araneta Coliseum basketball attendance record". Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  13. ^ Rain or Shine facing hefty penalty for 'walkout' in match against San Mig, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, February 26, 2014
  14. ^ Ely Capacio, 58
  15. ^ OUCH! Rain or Shine made to pay P2 million penalty for 'partial walkout', Richard Dy, spin.ph, February 28, 2014
  16. ^ Philippine Cup technical fouls cost Yeng Guiao a staggering P426,000 in penalties, Richard Dy, spin.ph, February 28, 2014
  17. ^ Blackwater closer to becoming 11th PBA team after clearing due diligence by league, Snow Badua, spin.ph, February 28, 2014
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b Two new companies express formal interest in joining PBA next season Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, Interaksyon.com, March 2, 2014
  19. ^ Top Korean carmaker Kia files letter of intent to put up PBA expansion team, Snow Badua, spin.ph, March 1, 2014
  20. ^ NLEX files letter of intent to formalize bid to put up PBA expansion team, Snow Badua, spin.ph, March 6, 2014
  21. ^ PBA to decide fate of potential expansion teams in April Archived 2014-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, March 6, 2014
  22. ^ Countdown to April as PBA weighs three companies' application for membership, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, March 6, 2014
  23. ^ PBA approves entry of new teams NLEX, Kia, Blackwater for next season Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, April 10, 2014
  24. ^ No direct amateur hires for expansion teams NLEX, Kia, Blackwater Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, April 10, 2014
  25. ^ More concessions, but still no direct hires for PBA expansion teams Kia, NLEX, Blackwater Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine, InterAksyon.com, April 24, 2014
  26. ^ Yeng Guiao slapped another P100k fine for calling Cliff Hodge ‘mongoloid’ Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, InterAksyon.com, April 25, 2014
  27. ^ Cliff Hodge fined P20k for closed fist hit on Raymond Almazan Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, InterAksyon.com, April 25, 2014
  28. ^ Dragon-slaying Air21 shocks San Miguel Beer to reach semis, Chris Lagunzad, Yahoo PH Sports, April 25, 2014
  29. ^ Air21 ‘gatecrashes’ semis after booting out no. 2 San Miguel, Celest Flores, Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 25, 2014
  30. ^ PBA games to be beamed in HD to Cignal subscribers beginning with Commissioner's Cup Finals, Reuben Terrado, spin.ph, May 4, 2014
  31. ^ Jeffrey Cariaso named new Ginebra head coach - Slam PH, GMA News Online, April 29, 2014
  32. ^ Alex Compton is new Alaska coach as Luigi Trillo steps down, Richard Dy, spin.ph, May 25, 2014
  33. ^ PBA approval of Air21's sale to NLEX clears way for Joseph Yeo trade to Ginebra for draft pick, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 26, 2014

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